Vocational Training Services

ELIGIBLE TO THOSE WITHIN THE 5 BOROUGHS OF NYC!

SERVICES ARE BEING OFFERED AT NO COST!

BONUS INCENTIVES ARE GIVEN!

CERTIFICATION GIVEN UPON COMPLETION!

ALL SERVICES INCLUDE 70 HOURS OF RESUMING WRITING, PRACTICE INTERVIEW SKILLS, NETWORK GUIDANCE & JOB PLACEMENT SUPPORT. CAREER READINESS SESSIONS OFFERED BOTH IN PERSON & REMOTE.

Culinary Arts 

In-Person or Hybrid combination of on and off-site via Microsoft Teams/Asynchronous modules

Location: The Viscardi Center, Albertson/Remote

Total Number of Module Hours: 300* hours (10 WEEKS)

Certificates Earned: Certificate of Completion; ServSafe® Food Handling Certification

START DATE- MONTH OF OCTOBER

9:30AM-2:45PM MONDAY-FRIDAY

This hands-on curriculum introduces a wide variety of hospitality career opportunities from commercial and non-commercial food service to jobs in both the front and back of the house and covers:

+ Kitchen essentials, including workplace safety, safe food handling/storage and knife skills

+ Food preparation, including exposure to an array of fruits, vegetables, spices, and herbs in fresh, frozen, canned, and dried variations

+ Measurement conversions

+ Range of cooking methods and experience with equipment in the lab kitchen and in a commercial cafeteria

+ Nutrition and healthy eating, menu planning and budgeting, serving and customer service skills

Work-Readiness Retail/Office Business Skills

In-Person

Location: The Viscardi Center, Albertson

Total Number of Module Hours: 200* hours (8 WEEKS)

Certificate Earned: Certificate of Completion

START DATE- MONTH OF OCTOBER

9:30AM-2:45PM MON, TUES, WED, THURS, FRI

Participants learn appropriate workplace behaviors and hone the interpersonal and organizational skills that lead to paid employment in retail, business, and hospitality industries. Training includes:

 + Building interpersonal, communication, organizational and problem-solving skills

+ Navigating appropriate workplace etiquette and time management

+ Productivity, such as working quickly and accurately and meeting deadlines

+ Point of Purchase equipment, customer service

+ Introduction to Microsoft’s business suite of products 

Warehousing & Inventory Control

In-Person

Location: Island Harvest, Melville

Total Number of Module Hours: 157* hours (4-6 WEEKS)

Certificates Earned: – Certification, Forklift/Lift Truck Operator, via PMT Forklift Corp – Certification, OSHA-10 General Industry, via U.S. Department of Labor – Certificate of Completion in Warehouse, Inventory & Logistics, via NRF Foundation/ASCM (Association for Supply Chain Management)

START DATE- LATE SEPT/EARLY OCTOBER

9:00AM-3:00PM MONDAY-FRIDAY

Trainees will obtain the variety of technical qualifications and contextualized skills needed to be successful as a warehouse worker. They will learn to operate pallet jacks and forklifts and understand the safety protocols of a warehouse environment. They will also learn the basic logistics of receiving, processing, storing, and sending inventory. They will practice loading, stacking and organizing materials and the importance of appropriate labels on outgoing parcels. They will also review workplace math (weights, measurements, basic calculations), computer facility (basic keyboarding, Microsoft applications) and reading/understanding basic instructions.

Software Engineering

Virtual Location: Remote

Total Number of Module Hours: 242* hours 

Certificate Earned: Certificate of Completion

START DATE- AUGUST 28TH FULL TIME (8 WEEK SESSION) MONDAY- FRIDAY 9:00AM-4:00PM

AUGUST 21ST PART TIME (4 WEEK SESSION) MON, WED, THURS 6:30PM-10:30PM/SATURDAY 9:00AM-4:00PM

This introductory course is the first step to becoming a software engineer. Participants will be exposed to JavaScript, its innerworkings, its basics, and how to manipulate data utilizing it. Participants will then learn JavaScript, HTML & CSS and build a project that represents their understanding of the three web-technologies.

Administrative Assistant

In-Person Location: Long Island Educational Opportunity Center at SUNY Farmingdale 

Total Number of Module Hours: 164.5* hours (12 WEEKS)

Certificate Earned: Certificate of Completion

START DATE- MONTH OF JANUARY 2024- MARCH 2024

MONDAY-THURSDAY 9:30AM-2:45PM OR 6:00PM-9:30PM

Administrative Assistants work in almost every business sector, performing clerical and administrative tasks to support diverse organizations. This program is designed to develop practical skills to succeed in office settings. Learning modules include keyboarding, introduction to computers, and Microsoft Office®: Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint.